390: Chapter 390: Finished talking? If you're done, then go die.

The crowd spoke one after another, their eyes filled with greedy and lecherous light, as if Xiao Nianyin had already become theirs for the taking.

In the corner, Xiao Nianyin heard these words, and her entire body trembled violently.

She raised her head to look at Xu Ruyu's back, her eyes filled with fear and despair.

Would he agree?

He would, wouldn't he...

She had a grudge against him; she had once almost caused his death.

He hated her enough already; why would he offend these Taihu Clan disciples for her sake?

She recalled everything she had done to him back then—scheming against him, using him, and treating him as a Cauldron.

He must hate her to the core, right?

How could he make an enemy of the entire Taihu Clan for her sake?

Xiao Nianyin lowered her head, tears sliding down silently.

She clutched tightly at the outer robe draped over her; it was Xu Ruyu's garment, still carrying the scent that had once captivated her.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the answer she did not want to face.

However—Xu Ruyu did not turn around.

He just stood there, looking at this group of people before him with an extremely strange gaze.

That gaze was like looking at a group of buffoons, a bunch of fools who had no idea they were courting death.

Zhou Xing felt unnerved by his gaze, but the words had already been spoken and could not be taken back.

He steeled himself and said, "Wh...what? You do not agree? Xu Ruyu, you had better think clearly!

You killed Senior Brother Zhou today; if it were not for us helping you cover it up, you would be dead!

On the contrary, offering a Bed-warming maid you have already grown tired of to secure peace for yourself and even your Hehuan Sect—this is a deal where you, Xu Ruyu, are guaranteed to profit!

Otherwise... hehe, who do you think you are? A piece of trash at the Qi Refinement Stage; if it were not for the Clan Chief protecting you, you would have long since..."

He did not finish his sentence, suddenly stopping.

Because Xu Ruyu smiled.

That smile was very faint, so faint it was almost invisible.

But in that instant, Zhou Xing felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet straight to his crown, as if he had been targeted by something terrifying.

Xu Ruyu looked at him and spoke slowly.

The voice was very calm, calm to the point of indifference.

"Finished?"

Zhou Xing was stunned, subconsciously nodding: "Fi...finished."

Xu Ruyu nodded.

"If you are finished," he said, "then go die."

As soon as the words fell—

"Pfft!"

An extremely faint, muffled sound, like a bubble bursting.

Zhou Xing's smile was still frozen on his face, his eyes wide open, his mouth still agape.

But on his forehead, a tiny blood hole had already appeared.

Fresh blood gushed out from that blood hole, sliding down the bridge of his nose.

His body fell straight backward, hitting the ground with a "bang," twitched twice, and then there was no more movement.

Deathly silence.

The cave fell into a deathly silence.

The torches crackled, illuminating the faces of the crowd, which were twisted in sheer terror.

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at the corpse on the ground, their minds blank.

"You... you..."

A lackey pointed at Xu Ruyu, his lips trembling, unable to speak.

Xu Ruyu did not even look at him, just raised his hand and flicked his finger.

"Pfft!"

Another muffled sound, and a blood hole appeared on that person's forehead as well, and he fell to the ground in response.

"He... he killed someone!"

"He really dares to kill!"

"Run!"

The crowd finally came to their senses, screaming in terror and fleeing in all directions.

However—how could Xu Ruyu let them escape?

He raised his hand, flicking his fingers repeatedly.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft—"

A series of muffled sounds, like the notes of the Grim Reaper harvesting lives.

Those running toward the cave entrance fell to the ground one by one, the blood holes on their foreheads shocking to the eye.

The person who ran the fastest was less than three zhang from the cave entrance, but would never run out.

"No... don't!"

"Spare my life! Spare my life!"

The remaining people finally realized that fleeing was useless. Their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically.

"Holy Master Xu! Grandpa Xu! Spare us!"

"We were wrong! We were really wrong!"

"It was all Senior Brother Zhou! It was all him! It has nothing to do with us!"

Xu Ruyu looked at these people begging for mercy on their knees, without a shred of pity in his eyes.

"Just now," he said slowly, his voice as cold as frost, "didn't you say you wanted to use her to pay with her life? Didn't you say you wanted to hand her over for your enjoyment?"

Those people trembled all over, kowtowing even more fiercely.

"No! No, no, no! We were just saying it casually!"

"We will not dare again! We will never dare again!"

"Please spare us!"

In the corner, Xiao Nianyin watched all of this blankly, a monstrous wave rising in her heart.

She saw Xu Ruyu standing in the firelight, his whole body exuding a terrifying aura.

That aura was more powerful than any Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator she had ever seen, and more terrifying than any Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator she had ever seen!

Wasn't he at the Qi Refinement Stage?

How could he have such powerful strength?

He... had been hiding it?

Countless thoughts flashed through Xiao Nianyin's mind, finally settling on a fact that made her heart race—Xu Ruyu, for her sake, killed so many people.

Xu Ruyu ignored the pleas of those people and walked towards them step by step.

With every step he took, one person fell.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The muffled sounds continued one after another, and the pleas for mercy gradually grew weaker.

Someone tried to resist, unleashing a Magical Artifact to attack Xu Ruyu. But before those Magical Artifacts could touch Xu Ruyu, they were shattered into pieces by an invisible force.

Someone tried to escape using a Talisman, but as soon as the Talisman was lit, it was pierced by a silver light.

Someone knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, kowtowing desperately, their forehead broken, blood streaming all over their face.

"Please! I have an old mother at home!"

"I was forced! It was all Senior Brother Zhou who forced me!"

"Holy Master Xu! Grandpa Xu! Spare my life!"

Xu Ruyu looked at them, the killing intent in his eyes not diminishing in the slightest.

"Forced?" he said coldly, "Those filthy words just now, were you forced to say them? Those lecherous laughs just now, were you forced to laugh?"

Those people were speechless and could only continue to kowtow.

Xu Ruyu stopped talking nonsense and pointed with his hand.

"Pfft!"

The last person standing fell to the ground in response.